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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL CGPD — CGPD Chief Scott Shepherd defensive tactics instruc- tor and a pepper spray, pepper ball and special munitions instructor. Daily training bul- lets also give officers 15-minute refreshers on how to follow policy in specific situations. Despite this range of training, CGPD Chief Scott Shepherd feels there are times when of- ficers are overstretched. “We do everything from parking tickets to murders and everything in between,” he said. “I think the thing that pos- sibly stretches our ability — and we’re asked to do more of it than a Eugene or bigger agency would — is crisis intervention.” Crisis interventions are time-sensitive re- sponses to situations which involve a psycho- therapeutic approach to Prepare for unexpected power outages with a Generac home standby generator SCHEDULE YOUR FREE IN-HOME ASSESSMENT TODAY! 877-557-1912 FREE 7-Year Extended Warranty* A $695 Value! 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Such situations in- clude responding to people who have mental health challenges, acute depression or addiction and the CGPD must rely mainly on officers’ de-escalation and com- munication skills to find solutions. “There are a lot of things we have to be good at because we’re of- ten the first ones to show up,” said Shepherd. “And it really all boils down to communication and be- ing able to communicate with a variety of people in a variety of mental states for a variety of rea- sons.” Shepherd said these situations can occur on a daily basis and the lack of a clear step-by-step process or checklist to deal with each particular situation can be a strain on officers. “Sometimes it does seem to be a little daunt- ing,” he said. “Part of that is because our men- tal health programs are stretched and limited in what they can do. … I think there are times we Worship Directory COTTAGE GROVE: 6th & Gibbs Church of Christ 195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822 10:00am Christian Education: Pre-K through 5th Tim Baker, Senior Minister www.6thandgibbs.com First Presbyterian Church 3rd and Adams St 541-942-4479 Rev.: Karen Hill Worship: 10:00am Sunday School: 10:00am fpcgrove.com Calvary Baptist Church 77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290 Pastor: Riley Hendricks Sunday School: 9:45am Worship: 11:00am The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm Hope Fellowship United Pentecostal Church 100 S. Gateway Blvd. 541-942-2061 Pastor: Dave Bragg Worship: 11:00am Sunday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday www.hopefellowshipupc.com “FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE” Church of Christ 420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565 Sunday Service: 10:30am Cottage Grove Bible Church 1200 East Quincy Avenue 541-942-4771 Pastor:Bob Singer Worship 11am Sunday School:9:45am AWANA age 3-8th Grade, Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm www.cgbible.org Cottage Grove Faith Center 33761 Row River Rd. 541-942-4851 Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett www.cg4.tv Full Childrenʼs Ministry available Services: 9:00am & 10:45am JULY 2, 2020 | “Sometimes it does seem to be a little daunting... Our mental health programs are stretched and limited in what they can do. … I think there are times we are required to be more social workers than police officers.” from A1 mandate maintenance training, which amount to 84 training hours ev- ery three years. Annually, the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training requires that officers receive eight hours for use of force or firearms and one hour of ethics training. Under the three-year requirement, three hours of mental health and cri- sis intervention training are also required. As well as maintain- ing First-Aid and CPR certification at all times, the remaining of the 84 training hours often go into retaining specific certifications. Through various ac- credited training op- tions, officers may also bring different special- ties to the table, round- ing out the department’s skill set. The CGPD’s skilled officers include crisis in- tervention team instruc- tors, firearms instruc- tors, a Taser instructor, a | Hope In The Grove Baptist Church 77820 Mosby Creek Rd Pastor: Wayne Husk Worship: Sunday 10:00am Evening Bible Study: Wednesday 6:30pm 541.649.1043 For weekday and Holy Day of Obligation schedule see website OLPHCG.net Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM Saturdays or by appointment St. Philip Benizi, Creswell 552 Holbrook Lane Sunday 8 am St. Andrews Episcopal Church 1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050 Rev. Lawrence Crumb “Church with the fl ags.” Worship: Sunday 10:30am All Welcome Seventh-day Adventist Church 820 South 10th Street 541-942-5213 Pastor: Kevin Miller Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 Trinity Lutheran Church 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373 Pastor: James L. 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East Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm “VICTORY” Country Church 541-942-7711 • Pastor: Bob Friend www.pennoyeravecoc.com 913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913 Two Services: Pastor: Barbara Dockery 9am - Classic in the Chapel Old Time Gospel Fellowship Worship Service: 10:00am 10:30am - Contemporary in the 103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999 Message: “WE BELIEVE IN Auditorium Pastor: Jim Edwards MIRACLES” Sunday Service: 10:00am First Baptist Church Join in Traditional Christian Worship CRESWELL: 301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242 Creswell Presbyterian Pastor: David Chhangte Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Sunday School 9:30am and St. Philip Benizi 75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419 Worship Service 10:30am Catholic Churches Rev. Seth Wheeler Youth Wednesday 6:30pm 1025. N. 19th St. Adult Sunday School 9:15am cgfi rstbaptist.com 541-942-3420 Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am Father John J. Boyle Holy Mass: Saturday Vigil – 5:30 pm Sunday – 10:30 am website www.creswellpres.org Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature. If your congregation would like to be a part of this directory, contact us today! S entinel C ottage G rove 541-942-3325 116 N. 6th Street Cottage Grove, OR are required to be more social workers than po- lice officers.” As such, Shepherd has expressed his admira- tion for White Bird Clin- ic’s CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) model in Eugene. CAHOOTS The CAHOOTS pro- gram was launched in 1989, developed as an innovative communi- ty-based public safety system to provide men- tal health first response for crises involving men- tal illness, homelessness and addiction. The program mobi- lizes two-person teams consisting of a medic (a nurse, paramedic or EMT) and a crisis work- er who has substantial training and experience in the mental health field. In 2019, out of a total of roughly 24,000 CA- HOOTS calls, police backup was requested only 150 times, greatly reducing the strain on the Eugene Police De- partment (EPD). “Many times what we hear from our law en- forcement partners is that they’re tired of be- ing the de facto men- tal health responders,” said White Bird Clinic Co-Coordinator Ben Brubaker. “They don’t want to have to deal with those things, especially when it’s not criminal in nature.” As well as maintaining high praise from law en- forcement through the years, part of the pro- gram’s success can be attributed to White Bird Clinic’s established trust within the community. “I’d say that our non-judgmental, meet- people-where-they’re-at approach to clients is … the cornerstone of how we’ve been able to devel- op the kind of programs we have today,” said Bru- baker. With a budget of about $2.1 million annual- ly compared to EPD’s roughly $68 million, CAHOOTS teams an- swered 17 percent of the EPD’s overall call vol- ume in 2017. From this, the pro- gram has stated that it saves the city of Eu- gene an estimated $8.5 million in public safe- ty spending annually, though Brubaker admits that number deserves some wiggle room due to the difficulty in mea- suring all costs. “I know that we save on, if nothing else, per- sonnel hours just by being able to respond instead of EMS or po- lice when their level of response isn’t needed,” he said. “And there’s an associated per-call ex- pense. … We’re simply able to keep those costs down with our partic- ular model because we don’t take the same level of equipment out.” Brubaker also points to the group’s ability to avoid ambulance rides Congratulations! to our Employee of the Month Chyilene Eaton Resident of the Month Barbra Graves For the month of July, 2020 1425 Daugherty Ave. • Cottage Grove • 541-942-0054 7A and emergency room visits for clients through preventative services. With the combination of the program’s success and the recent national debate surrounding law enforcement reform, CAHOOTS has been providing consulting and strategic guidance to communities across the nation that are seeking to replicate the model. “Every community is different and I believe the community conver- sation needs to drive whatever models and implementations hap- pen,” said Brubaker. “And that goes for across the nation — it is not a cookie-cutter model.” Though the model operates on some basic premises, Brubaker en- courages jurisdictions to identify unmet commu- nity needs in translating the program. The City of Florence on the coast has seen some success since it began operating its own Mental Crisis Response (MCR) program last No- vember, based in part on the CAHOOTS model. The MCR deploys mental health profes- sionals to work with lo- cal law enforcement on issues normally handled by officers alone and the city is looking for county funding to explore more possibilities. ‘CAHOOTS lite’ Cottage Grove, how- ever, is not as far along. “We have the CA- HOOTS-type calls, but we don’t have the CA- HOOTS-type resource,” said Shepherd. Instead, the depart- ment at times reaches out to local nonprof- it South Lane Mental Health (SLMH) and the PeaceHealth Cottage Grove Community Medical Center for assis- tance. In exploring new op- tions, the police de- partment and SLMH have begun having conversations with CA- HOOTS-type models in mind. “Regarding CA- HOOTS, SLMH works closely with White Bird and we will often have them come down to do staff trainings See CAHOOTS 8A Chateau Lorane !Wine at the Lake! 4th of July Weekend July 4th-6th • Noon-6pm each day “We’re all in this together.” So let’s get together and have some fun. 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